2001 Leonetti - Walla Walla Reserve
UNITED STATES / WASHINGTON / WALLA WALLA
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Wine Spectator | Rating: 95
A gentle giant, big, broad and amazingly vivid, framed with toasty oak. The tannins are beautifully resolved and let the ripe currant, plum and blackberry flavors sail through the impressively long finish. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.Author: Harvey SteimanWine Advocate | Rating: 96
Notes of cedar are gaining on the fresh black cherry scents in the terrific aromatics of the 2001 Reserve. This medium to full-bodied wine is satin-textured, pure, concentrated, and intense. Expansive, it coats the taster's palate with red cherries, spices, and superbly ripe tannin. This blend of 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, 7.5% Cabernet Franc, and 7.5% Petit Verdot should be drunk over the next 15 years.Author: Pierre Rovani
Gary Figgins, owner-winemaker of this oldest winery in the Walla Walla Valley, turned his winemaking hobby into a career in 1977 after years of amateur experimentation in is cellar. He is respected for being entirely self-educated in winemaking and having an obsessive attention to detail, going so far as to choose specific logs for his barrel staves years in advance. Despite his overwhelming success, total production of his Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Sangiovese, blends, and Riesling remains limited.
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Collector Data For This Wine
- 94 bottles owned
- 42 collectors